Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 894 Yangquan Attack and Defense 1
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The desolate trumpet sounded suddenly, and Yang Menglong, who was eating, stopped his chopsticks and asked, "What happened?"

Zhaji rushed out to Weng, and then rushed in again, saying, "Your Majesty, the Tartars are attacking the city!"

Yang Menglong was stunned: "The siege started so soon? Are they so impatient and anxious to die?"

Before the words were finished, "Boom, boom, boom!" There was a violent cannon sound, shaking the sky and shaking the earth, and dust fell from the roof of the temporary headquarters, making it impossible to eat this meal.Yang Menglong frowned: "Heavy artillery?"

Zhaji gritted his teeth at Weng and said, "Yes! A large number of rebels have joined the Tartars' camp these days, and more than a dozen heavy artillery pieces have arrived, all of which are deployed at the north gate. They must be bombarding the city wall of the north gate now!"

Yang Menglong threw the chopsticks: "Go, have a look!" Picking up the cloak and putting it on, he strode out.After resting for a few days, his condition has greatly improved. It is definitely not possible to let him go into battle, but he is already whistling when walking.

Hundreds of meters away from the north gate, sixteen smooth-bore guns with polished barrels sprayed thunderous fireballs towards the city wall.In the past few days, Oboi was not only busy building siege equipment, but under his strict orders, a large number of rebellious Ming troops were mobilized to be the first batch of cannon fodder to attack the city and endure the fiercest firepower of the defenders.These cannon fodder also brought sixteen heavy cannons with a range of four miles, all of which can fire shot balls weighing twenty catties, although they are still far from the terrifying power of quantum cannons such as "one cannon rots dozens of miles". , but it is already a rare sharp weapon in the messy and low-quality firearms arsenal of the Ming army.These cannons were also made by the Tianxiong Army, and they were deployed to Taiyuan and other important cities to strengthen the defenses of these cities. However, Lu Xiangsheng did not expect that these cannons would not play any role when the Tartars invaded. Instead, they were used to attack the Tianxiong Army. Material storage base!

A shot ball weighing twenty catties came flying with thunder and wind, and hit the city wall. Sparks splashed all over the city wall, and stone chips rained like rain. The city wall made of huge bricks and cement was hit with shocking cracks, and the battlements were even more unbearable. At the moment of being hit by the shell, he and the soldiers hiding behind were shattered into countless fragments, and the blood and flesh splashed on Lao Gao!A shell hit the city gate, and the almost pure steel gate made a thunderous noise, almost shattering the eardrums of the soldiers guarding behind.Just a round of volley, the Ming army suffered a lot of casualties. Damn it, those gunners behaved like a coward on the Ming army's side, but they broke out a bit bloody when they arrived at Jiannu's side, showing [-]% of their abilities Come on, what a shit!
He Sui was commanding on the city wall.He is quite calm, and his orders are quite methodical, but it always makes people feel uneasy.This is also normal. The prestige of a general is accumulated through victories. He Sui has not won any battles, and he has a shameful record of giving up Taiyuan and fleeing. Naturally, it is difficult to make people feel at ease like Yang Menglong.Yang Menglong walked over and patted him on the shoulder, motioning him not to salute, and asked, "How is the situation?"

Seeing Yang Menglong coming, He Sui breathed a sigh of relief, pointed to the slowly approaching phalanx outside the city gate, and said, "The tartars are crazy. As soon as they came up, they sent out thousands of people to storm the north gate, trying to take Yangquan in one fell swoop." !"

Yang Menglong sneered: "Take it in one fell swoop? What a big appetite, but I don't know if they have such a good mouth?" Ignoring the muzzle of the gun that was spewing flames hundreds of meters away, I looked out and saw thousands of soldiers wearing Ming army uniforms holding guns. With horizontal knives and long spears, carrying a ladder, and pushing a chariot slowly approaching, Mongolian rangers kept swimming behind these rebels, as if they were looking for weak positions of the Ming army's defense, and farther away, a flag was raised high. He rose up and danced in the wind, needless to say, that was Obai's headquarters.That grandson is quite cunning. He set up the headquarters only four miles away from the battlefield. It would be better to concentrate twenty or thirty thunderbolt cannons on him and fire him, together with the entire Jiala officer, in one pot!

Yang Menglong only took a few glances before he knew it, and said: "They are all cannon fodder coming up to die. It is easy to deal with them. Let the soldiers lie down to avoid the artillery fire, and let me fire the thunderbolt cannon to suppress their artillery fire!"

He Sui hurriedly passed on the order, and the soldiers hiding behind the battlements lay faceless on the ground, letting the sound of artillery outside the city shake the sky and earth, saying that they would not move if they said nothing!Several lightning cannons deployed at the north gate opened fire at the same time, and the shells flew over screaming, exploding into patches of black and red flames on the artillery positions of the Qing army. The artillery fire was really fierce!From such a distance, shrapnel could be seen splashing all over the artillery positions of the Qing Army. From time to time, a gunner's body would explode and spurt out a large stream of dirty blood, screaming and falling down.A thunderbolt cannon shell was so deadly that it hit the gunpowder barrel. The deafening explosion shook the battlefield. Overturned, the wheels of the cannon wheel spun and flew out, so that they fell into the attack sequence of the rebels, rolling and jumping all the way, rolling out a long bloody road, and whoever hit it would become a ball of meat cake!
Aobai glanced at the gun emplacement that was constantly exploding, with a gloomy expression on his face, he cursed angrily, "Damn Ming dog, damn lightning cannon!"

Hai Du smiled wryly: "Minggou's artillery is too powerful...one cannon can hold up to several envoys, and it's very accurate..."

Obai sneered: "So what? Aren't the Tianxiong Army equipped with such advanced artillery suppressed by us on the Xuanda defense line and unable to move? Let those Nikans speed up the pace for me and press forward! They think they are What are you doing? Taking a walk in the garden?"

Under Obai's strict order, the rebels bit the bullet and quickened their pace.There are so many of us, and the Ming army only has a small number. If we concentrate all our strength on the attack, we should be able to defeat them in one go, right? After taking Yangquan, everyone will be rewarded, right? Loyalty, feelings of family and country, right and wrong, everything. This is nonsense, there is no practical way to put money in your pocket...

The Ming army's torpedo cannons broke their wonderful illusions at an untimely time. The shells roared in, fell like hail among the rebels, exploded violently, and sharp, hot shrapnel flew in all directions, tearing apart the rebels. All objects in front of the flight path released large streams of blood. Every time a shell fell, a bloody circle would immediately appear in the dense square array - a circle formed by corpses lying on the ground!They were so frightened that they screamed, dropped their weapons and ran away. They were immediately killed by the soldiers in the rear.The last one saw that the situation was not good and wanted to run away. The Mongolian cavalry galloped towards them. With a wave of their scimitars, the heads flew out spinning:
"Those who retreat will die!!!"

Only then did these rebels realize that now they were working for the Jiannu and Tartars, and they would be killed on the spot if they collapsed as before!Under the threat of death, the rebel soldiers let out frantic howls and quickened their pace in the face of the artillery fire.The shells kept falling among them, splashing a cloud of blood, and the screams and cries were endless, and they didn't stop in their tracks!

Yang Menglong saw it clearly and said mockingly: "Yes, it didn't break out at the first touch, it was a bit bloody... It's a pity that it broke out after shaving my hair and growing braids!"

He Sui also smiled wryly: "I didn't expect that after they shaved their hair and put their braids on, they would be a bit bloody... Crossbowmen get ready!"

The rebels had already approached the trenches and barbed wire fences. The archers came out and used the chariots as cover, raised their strong bows and swished at the battlements, while those behind threw sandbags and soil bags into the trenches.He Sui gave an order, and the crossbowmen stood up, raised their broken crossbows and aimed at the tumbling enemy army like a swarm of locusts, and at the same time pulled their engines!

thump thump thump thump———

The continuous metallic trembling sound swept across the battlefield, and crossbow arrows less than a foot long shot out violently like the wind, falling into the middle of the enemy army, and the sound of arrowheads piercing the flesh was endless.The archers and the trench fillers who were busy throwing earth bags into the trenches were treated equally, and they all fell to the ground and howled when they were shot by the crossbow arrows. Chest out, death is also serious injury!The rebel army was in a mess, and the officer hissed and screamed: "Raise the shield! Raise the shield!" The sword and shield hand raised his shield to form a shield wall, trying to block the terrible arrow rain.But the crossbow arrows kept flying, nailed to the shield, penetrating several inches, and someone's arm was constantly nailed to the shield by the crossbow arrows that penetrated the shield, and the crossbow arrows shot through the gap between the shield wall were even more unceremonious. Put people down directly.It can be seen from the city wall that there are gaps in the shield wall, and people are screaming and falling into the trenches, and the howling is heartbreaking.

Boom boom boom!

The luck of the rebels who tried to destroy the barbed wire was not much better. They stepped on the landmines one after another, and a large group of flames rose under their feet.The landmines they stepped on were all of reduced charge type. When they stepped on them, they would not kill anyone, but only one leg. No, the sole of the leg of the rebel who stepped on the landmine disappeared, and the leg bone was split. The shin muscles turned into rotten watermelon pancakes under the ravages of the explosion shock wave, which is disgusting!The rebels were in chaos, and everyone was screaming, screaming, or looking at those unlucky people whose legs had been blown off and fell to the ground, hissing and screaming in a daze.The ultimate goal of this kind of landmine is not to kill many people, but to mass-produce a large number of wounded, weaken the morale of the enemy army with bloody wounds and painful howls, and consume their manpower and medicines. Obviously, the experiment was successful , Just the first batch of wounded left the minds of the rebels blank and in a mess.Of course, the defenders guarding this direction would not let go of this opportunity, all arrows were fired, and the rebels fell in clumps of wheat while the crossbow arrows roared, and the situation was in chaos!A lot of guys with experience in escaping threw down their weapons and broke away from the army and ran to both sides. They knew very well that there were many such hellish mines waiting for them in front of them. If they continued to move forward, it would definitely be a dead end. Back? Just kidding, thousands of people Huddled together, does that mean that you can retreat? It is better to leave the army and run to both sides. If you are caught by the supervisory team, you will accept your fate, and if you are not caught, you will save your life...

boom!boom!boom!
The successive explosions ruthlessly shattered the illusions of these fleeing athletes. The minefields on the side of the barbed wire are arranged in a U shape. Once they fall into the minefield, running to both sides will only kill them faster!
There were landmines in front and on both sides, crossbow bolts were fired like wind, and artillery shells were hit in the middle one after another. This rebel army became the target of massacre. They were either killed or injured by artillery shells, mines, or crossbow arrows. Shoot them down in clusters!When the large incendiary mine was detonated, the nearly liquid, splattered water spread everywhere, creating fire dragons more than 100 meters long. The terrifying flames knocked the morale of the rebels to the bottom.Every time an incendiary landmine was detonated, hundreds of rebel soldiers turned into burning men, thrashing and wailing in the sea of ​​​​fire. The ladders and carriages that were finally created burned in the sea of ​​​​fire, and the screams resounded throughout the battlefield. , so that the Mongolian army and the Qing army watching the battle behind were horrified and moved!
It is said that if the earthen jar is not broken away from the mouth of the well, the general will inevitably die in battle. For soldiers like them, death is nothing more than a natural thing.But being burned to death by hundreds and hundreds of people like this, without touching the sides of the city wall, is too useless and a little bit aggrieved!
Aobai's eyes passed over the poor wretch who was covered in fire and ran around, and landed on the city gate.The distance between this city gate and the rebels is only a mere sixty steps, but no one can pass through this mere sixty steps, not even one!
For the first time, he felt a deep sense of frustration.

(End of this chapter)